Fish lure



Oct 12 1926.v

l FISH'LURE Filed Nov. 12, 1923 e253/ aaa/5 JKM@ l UNITEDstaresraramjorricn'- and particularly to the typeof bait WhichKV Y of alive bait.

i longer chain With yadditional links and is used.

Paieniooi gooi. i2,V 192e.A

Y 150mg g i Y FRANK K.V KNILL, or vERivIIIiIoN, oHIo.

FISH LUKE. p Y

^ Application sied November `12,V 1923.' serial No. s744117.

This invention roioios toarafioioi ash boi@ is adapted to be movedthrough the Water. VA form of bait frequently employed `for trollingpurposes comprises a chain'having one or more spinners attached theretoforward of a'hook.` .The usual practice has been particularly where morethan one spinner is used, to place the spinners in tandem fashion, alongthe links of the chain. I have found that the use'of spinners in thisman ner,causes the bait tomove in the pathtraced by the boat.

i One of the objects of" my invention there-l fore, isA the provision ofa baitvvhich is soy made that it is caused to hinge .ormove with4 azig-zagA path through" the Water.

rather than to follow the path deiined by the travel of the boat. AnVadvantage of this irregulartravel-of the bait is that the rlure isthereby caused to simulate the movement A further object of my inventionis the production of a bait which may be cheaply and easily 'madeQ Y uThe preferred form of carrying out my invention will be fully set forthVin the following description-Which relates to the accompanying drawing.The essential characteristics will be summarized in the claim:

VIn the draWings, I have shown a view ofa fish lure embodying myinvention.

The bait illustrated comprises a set of hooks 10l which are arrangedtobe secured as at'11 to one end of a chain which includes swivelsindicated at 12 and 13H-.Betweenthe swivels I havershown a link 14 Whichis arranged to Icarry spinners l5 and "16. The practice heretofore hasbeen to use one spinner upon the vlink .14 and to lemploy a swivels inthe event .more than one Vspinner The'spinners illustrated are ofthe'usual construction, embodying a convex outer surface and aconcaveinner surface andare ,pla-ced on the link 14: in such mannerthat` the concave surfaces are normallyv facing j substantially K Ychaman the usual manner.l

however, that the use of ajpair of 'spinnersr towards fthe chain. Eachspinner isin'oireover spaced from the link 17 of the-chainy by spacingsleeves 18 and 19 vii'espective'ly.

These lsleeves are vfree to slide on theV link 1'A4 and serve to-holdthe spinners slightlyk inclined With reference to the chain.y Thus,'upon movementof the baitv through they Water each spinner is free toslide along the vlfnkliindependently ofthev other.

When abait made in accordance 'With thc'sp'inners aresforced outwardlyfrom the .I `have found,

cna common link has fa distinctive effect .upon the course of travel ofthebait. This Ais* manifested by vthe Y fact that the VbaitV is causedto deviate from the normal path and lto lungs', or. tack,-therebydeiining a zigmy invent-ion is moved through the'vvater, then zagpath through the Water. .I have also `found upon sudden increase inlacceleration such as'vuponthe'stroke ofthe` oars that `rthe bait isvcaused to deviate at a sharper angle .than when the boat is moving Withuniform velocity. This same effect can be accomplished byl jerking theline to which the bait-is attached, While it is being moved through theWater; l f

An advantage ofa bait made in accord-v ance with my 'invention is theattainment of a motion simulating that of a live bait `While it is beingmoved through the Water. Having thus rvdescribed `my* invention, I

claim:

A `fish bait comprising, in combination,

two svvivelfmeinbers, a link connecting thel proximate ends of the twomembersya hook connected with the distant end of one member, a pairofspoons'loosely mounted on the i linkrespectively on opposite sides' ofvthe last mentioned swivelfmember7 and a pairof beads on saidlinkrespectively between the 'spoons and the last mentioned swivel meniber.

` ln testimony '.Whereof, I hereunto afliX my signature f ritiiiii'rv K.KNILL.

